Calcineurin Governs Thermotolerance and Virulence of Cryptococcus gattii

The pathogenic yeast Cryptococcus gattii, which is causing an outbreak in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, causes life-threatening pulmonary infections and meningoencephalitis in healthy individuals, unlike Cryptococcus neoformans, which commonly infects immunocompromised patients. In...

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Main Authors: Chen, Ying-Lien, Lehman, Virginia N., Lewit, Yonathan, Averette, Anna F., Heitman, Joseph
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Genetics Society of America 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583459/